Basket-ball game



H. L, POST. BASKET BALL GAME.

7 APPLICATION FILED APR. 16, 1920. 1 I 1,407,215. Patented Feb. 21 2.

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A-PPLXCATION FILED APR-16, 1920.

Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

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Application filed April 16,1920. Serial No. 374,267.

- of my invention by the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of" the game; Fig. 2 is a top plan;

Fig. 3 is a detail view, partly in section and partly in elevation showing the means for supporting members 7;

Fig. 4 is a detail vertical sectional view of the means for mountingmember 2.

Fig. 5 is a detail of a modified basket arrangement; and

Fig. 6 is a detail elevational view of member 18 which normally closes opening 17 Like numerals designate like parts in each of the views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings I provide a baseboard 1, and end boards 2, pivotally mounted on rods 3 which rods are mounted on metal braces 4 which are secured to the baseboard 1, as illustrated in the drawings. Each of the braces 1 has a side 5 which limits the rearward movement of end board 2, so that they will not move backward beyond a substantially vertical position. The end boards 2 are provided with spaced cylindrical sockets 6 adapted to receive the ends of four rods 7 attached to which rods I provide suitable netting 8 as illustrated in F ig- 1. I provide miniature baskets 10 of netting or other suitable material attached to rings 9 and adapted to be suitably fastened to end board 2 in hori zontal position as shown in Fig.2; or to be secured in vertical position'about the openings 17 as shown in Fig. 5, in which latter case a modified type of game is played. I provide suitable playing sticks or rods 11, to approximately the central portion of which are attached miniature figures 12, each of which carries a ring 13 having an opening 14, said opening 14 being of less size than the miniature basketball 15.

. The rings 13 carried by these miniature figures 12-are utilized in throwing the ball toward the basket attached to the end board at the other end of the field.

if I -Midway 'o'f the base board 1' provide suitable posts or stops 16 to limit each 'of.

the playing sticks or rods 11 to their own half of thefieldl' In each of the end boards is anopening 17 as shownin Figs. 2,5, and

6 around which the ring 9' of the basket may he secured by" suitable pivoted fasteners 19, when a modified typeof game is to -be playedw Ordinarily," however, the openings 17 are closed by the discs l8 'which are-held in place by the f'asten'ers 19, the baskets 10 then being supported within the 'end board'2 asshown inFig. 2-'instead of from their outer portions as-shownfin Fig. 5. The playing sticks 11 are grasped in one hand by the players and the manikin figures moved about to catch and throw the 5 ball somewhat after the-fashionof a tennis racket, the object being to land the ball in the basket at the other end of the field.

Each player is limited. to one half of the entire field byreason of the posts 16. Both players seek to get the ball into the circular.

opening 14 or" the ring 13 carried by the miniature'figure 12 attached to the playing stick 11 and manipulate the stick so that the figure will lie fiat on the base board and scoop up the ball. By giving a twist to the stick the ball may be thrown across the field where the opposing player will seek to catch it and land it in the opposing basket. The playing sticks are long enough so that the player cannot operate in the others field except to tilt the manikin figure over to get the ball back to his field. The rules governing the game may closely approximate those governing the sport of basketball. I

In the modified form of the game'in which the baskets are disposed outside the end board where they are supported by fasteners 19, not so much skill in playing. the game is required as in the disposition of the baskets shown in Fig. 2, but the modified form of the game has more action and is-more exciting. By removing rods 7 from sockets 6 the end boards 2 may be turned down so as to] lie flat on baseboard 1, and the device thus disposed in the most compact form for the purpose of packing and transportation.

Vilh'at I claim is p j 1. In a game apparatus, the combination of a baseboard, inwardly foldable endboards, the endboards having opposite openings, baskets adapted to be secured over the exlbs terior of the openings, upper and lower rods removably mounted. on, either side of the baseboard and supporting Walls of netting in a spaced position above the top surface of the baseboard to permit of operating a playing implement on the baseboard and. under the members to which thene'tting is attached, the aforesaid lower rod being positloned sufficiently distant from the baseboard to provide a continuous free space for the entire length of the baseboard for the free operation of a playing implement thereunder.

Asa new article of manufacture for use in a game of the class described, playing member comprising a playing stick, a

manikin upright playing member rigidly attachedthereto and a ring carried by the aforesaid member, sald ring having an opening of less size than the ball used in playing the game. i

3. In combination with the apparatus described in claim 1, pivoted fasteners attached to the exterior of theendboards and releasably securing the baskets over the openings in the en-dboards, disks insertable in said openings to permit of modifying the structure of the game apparatus,and means for supporting the baskets on the inner side of the respective endboards, substantially as shown. i I 7 l. In a game apparatus, the combination of a baseboard, inwardly foldable endboards,

the endboards having opposite openings, baskets adjacent the openings and mounted on the end-boards upper and lower rods removably mounted on either side of the baseboard and supporting Walls of netting in a spaced position above the top surface of the-base- HAROLD L. POST. 

